Bowdoin's soccer-playing robotic dog team, the Northern Bites, claimed the College's first international sporting championship title. The Northern Bites took down the NUBots of the University of Newcastle at RoboCup 2007. The competition, held in July at the Georgia Institute of Technology, fielded about 300 teams from 37 countries.
According to the Northern Bites' Web site, the team defeated competition from Japan, China, Germany, and Australia en route to victory. The championship win also marks an improvement for the squad over last spring's third place finish at the RoboCup German Open in Hanover. For more information on the Northern Bites, visit the team's blog at http://robocup.bowdoin.edu/blog/.
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